May 15, 2011

Bobby Fischer

"The thing that strikes me about Fischer's chess, is that it's very clear. There are no mysterious rook moves or obscure manoeuvrings. He's very direct. There's a great deal of logic to the chess. It's not as though it's not incredibly difficult – it is incredibly difficult. It's just that when you look at it you can understand it – afterwards. He just makes chess look very easy, which it isn't." Making the supremely difficult look easy may be one definition of genius.